German arms lobbyist from Kohl era jailed for eight years

Augsburg, Germany - Karlheinz Schreiber, 76, a lobbyist who promoted arms sales to Arab nations under former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, was imprisoned Wednesday for eight years for tax evasion.

Judges said he evaded 7.3 million euros in taxes in the 1990s by failing to tell the tax authorities about the hidden millions he wielded as "commissions" when he was organizing controversial exports of aircraft and armored vehicles to the Middle East.

His lawyers had insisted to the last that he was not guilty. Schreiber, a German, had fled to Canada after an inquiry exposed him. He spent many years opposing German attempts to extradite him.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/322081,german-arms-lobbyist-from-kohl-era-jailed-for-eight-years.html.